Burning blade 🗡️🔥 Also causes some booms #indiegames

Working on giving fire damage a real identity Damage over time? AOE + Damage over time? Explode on death? Or maybe all of the above? #indiegame #shooter

After a bit of a hiatus, started working on combat details. Are we liking enemies blinking white when taking damage? #indiegames

I got inspired by Nier: Automata and added another major feature to the gameplay - perspective swap! The game switches to 2D "metroidvania" mode when entering certain parts of the map. What do you think? #screenshotsaturday #indiegames

Happy #screenshotsaturday! Added an in-game reader for long text. Do you prefer the visual novel style or flipping through full pages? #indiegame #indiedev

Happy #screenshotsaturday everyone! This week - motion improvements, vaulting, grapple. Other than basic running and jumping, which abilities make exploration exponentially more fun? #indiegames #gamedev

New this week: * New animated rain VFX * Ladders! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #madewithunity

Cutting wood with a plasma cutter felt weird, so I fixed it. Now it feels more natural 😅🔥 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #emergentgameplay

New mechanic: Frozen status ❄️ When an enemy reaches three stacks of "Chilled" status, they freeze and explode on death applying Chilled stacks onto nearby enemies. Chain reaction! #indiegame #gamedev

Frost gun - when you've got that urge to freeze and shatter your enemies to bits ❄️🔫 What would you like to see next? #indiegame #indiegames #indiedev #gaming

Working on enemy chilled state. If they're killed in this state, they'll shatter. Don't you love frost magic? ❄️🌨️ #indiegames #gamedev

Don't you love seeing your spells get more OP over time? #screenshotsaturday #indiegames

jump back: keep a distance and keep blasting 🔫 jump forward: violent melee whirlwind🦵 what's your style? #indiegames #indiegame #ARPG #soulslike #actionRPG #インディーゲーム

Still iterating on the main character's design, this is the latest. What should we name her? #indiegame #art #gameart

The work it took to set up a framework for 3D spatial audio was TOTALLY worth it #gamedev #indiegame

The first thing I did after I got ragdoll physics working ⚔️ #indiegame #indiegamedev

This is more of a rhythmic texture 🎻📯 When it comes time to code dynamic music, will probably have to write more pieces like this at multiple layers #gamemusic #indiedev

new portrait style #indiedev

Okay #Krita is great "Ink 4 Pen Rough" is such a nice brush

Trying some new ideas 🎨🖌️

Is it really so much to ask for a fantasy game with multiple factions and a built in reputation system? A game with deep lore and robust magic system. Huge towns to explore. Big world. A man can dream. 😌

Added: NPC charge ability 👺💀⬅️ 🏹🤠 I don't know what to do about the numbers, there shouldn't be this many hits going on in a regular battle but if I there's a "summoner lord" build I guess it's worth thinking about early on. #indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame

I forgot to attach death scripts and their attack cooldown is ridiculous but I'm surprised the skellies scripting works in groups on the first try 🤔 #indiegamedev

Finally, the skeleton can fight back! #indiegame #indiegamedev

Considering switching to line art for portraits, 90% sure I want them due to the huge amount of dialogue in the game. Why? Because of scaling. IMO, shrinking the portrait of Anne in image 1 removes the charm drawn in at that resolution (img 2) #pixelart #indiedev

New stuff, better situation with water and lighting. Started experimenting with a more linear, elongated, "metroidvania-like" map design. Might work as I want the character moving ⬆️/⬇️/⬅️/➡️ most of the time About the 🌳 situation - A v.s. B anyone? #indiedev #indiegamedev

Trying composition with 🎺🎻 beyond the normal limits wdyt? #indiegamemusic #gameaudio

Got a sample pack in the works that's coming a long nicely. Lot's of spooky, strange, and mysterious sounds in it. Here's a little demo showing some of those sounds in action: #sounddesign #horror

I'm forcing myself to start composing things outside of my usual "comfort zone" of slow, lush stuff. Most of the game will probably have that type of music, but the final act will be much more intense WIP Any thoughts? 🎺 #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamemusic

Trying out some trumpet staccatissimo stuff🎺 They can be overwhelming but they've got this awesome regal quality to them... #IndieGameMusic #gameaudio

I finally gave the environment some much-needed attention. Very cathartic. A step closer to the final vision ⛵️ #indiegame

Game devs! ⭐ Share your game engine and 3 screenshots of your game! I haven't posted about #precognition in a while, so here's some stuff! #rpgmaker #indiedev #gamedev

A vast sea of stories awaits 🌊🎼 Sound on! #indiegame #rpg

The animator graph of the main character, and I'm just just getting started... Is there a more organized approach to this or am I cooked 🥲 #unity #indiedev

What should we name her? [WIP] #pixelart #art #artpost

The beautiful world of Achaea. A walk through our lovely island. #indiegame #rpg #JRPG #ScreenshotSaturday #skypirates #HorizonsofAchaea #gamedev

It's been a little over a year since I started trying to draw pixel art for a narrative-driven RPG - now known as "Elysian Veil"! #pixelart #indiedev

Bluesky people! I'm quite depressed about the state of the visuals in my project, so I started started really rethinking the palette. Which one (left/right) speaks to you more? #pixelart #aseprite

Weekly updates: ✍️ New project name: Elysian Veil 💀 Spooky skeleton allies (that can't attack) 🤖 Started doing AI for ally NPCs & summons 📷 camera work + enemy selection by mouse I will to make the environment WAY better.. once base mechanics work 😂 #indiegame #indiegamedev

Seeing how this "fiery sprite body" looks #indiegame

something spooky is coming soon 💀 #aseprite #pixelart

Do any of my #gamedev comrades using Unity have any recommendations on stuff to check out at the store while the spring sale is active? I'm especially interested in environmental water effects for URP, but could consider other stuff

Subtle outlines v.s. black outlines on characters, any opinions out there? Especially for HD2D / 2.5D where they're walking in a 3D environment #pixelart

Still struggling to figure out the ideal camera setup. The locked isometric camera ("diablo" style) seems to make the sprites look better in the environment, but the rotating camera also feels good. Decisions, decisions. #indiedev

Some exciting developments this weekend! Tried up to 50 enemies on the map with ❄️ (no lag or framerate issues it seems) Also used the new ranged auto-attack. I'll definitely have to say goodbye to instakill in the near future and try a more realistic scenario 😂 #indiedev #gamedev

The select / lock-on / charge experiment seems to be working out for melee! #indiedev #gamedev

I think one of the things World of Warcraft / KOTOR nailed way back then was to give melee characters nice tools to "close the gap" with an enemy, making them less tedious to play when compared to ranged characters. Here is a prototype of a "Charge" ability. #gamedev #indiedev

It's a weird world where the shittier a piece of software looks, the more I trust it. The fancy looking ones? They're going to steal my data or extort me in pricing or just not work. Crappy looking tools made by some random dude? This shit is going to get the job done and do nothing else.

EARLY experimentation with enemy targeting and third-person melee combat. I'm still trying to determine whether you can attack outside of enemy selection (Zelda, Dark Souls), or whether it should all be in a "battle loop" like in World of Warcraft or KOTOR #gamedev #indiedev

This is a developing story for us at Drillimation Systems. Last night local time, we learned that Emiko Hosokawa's Discord account got hacked. She lost access to Discord and is unable to log in. We're working to fix this. If you know someone who can help, please let us know.